It sounded like someone was arguing, and the noise was getting louder and louder, with the faint thuds of tables and chairs colliding.
It's here!
Qin Xiao's eyes flickered slightly, his fingertips unconsciously stroking the rim of the warm teacup.
In his mind, Ye Chen would produce the long-sealed marriage certificate and force the Tang sisters to submit—a classic scene that seemed to be officially beginning. The Dragon King's appearances always seemed to be accompanied by similar scripts, lacking originality, yet still requiring vigilance.
He put down the osmanthus cake in his hand, listened intently, and tried to discern more useful information from the noise.
Amidst the arguing, a particularly arrogant and domineering young male voice stood out. That domineering air of "I am the only one who matters" was most likely that of Ye Chen, the Dragon King, who came with his own background music and an aura of idiocy.
"...The marriage certificate is here...written clearly in black and white...The Tang family must honor their promise..."
The fragmented words reached his ears, roughly matching the events he remembered. It was nothing more than an attempt to force the twin sisters into marriage, relying on a marriage contract.
But just then, the arrogant voice suddenly raised its pitch, its tone filled with an unsettling greed and arrogance, and uttered something that Qin Xiao had never expected.
"...Since the two young ladies are so ungrateful, so be it! As agreed, I, Ye Chen, must marry someone from the Tang family today! I think... let's ask the matriarch of the Tang family to choose a date to marry me!"
puff--
Qin Xiao almost lost control and actually spat out the half-swallowed osmanthus cake.
Marry...the matriarch of the Tang family?
He picked at his ears, seriously suspecting that he was hallucinating because of the distance and the good soundproofing of the side room.
Qin Xiao's expression was strange, but inwardly he was already churning out a storm of complaints.
Ye Chen's taste... isn't it a bit too shocking? In the original story, that background character who didn't even leave a formal name and was only referred to as "Tang's mother" has suddenly become a marriage proposal target? And he even proposed to her in front of her two daughters?
Good heavens, you, Dragon King with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, actually have this kind of hobby! You don't spare either the old or the young, do you? You have quite the appetite!
Before he could even process this outrageous news, the commotion in the main hall suddenly escalated.
Loud crashes of tables and chairs overturning, the crisp sound of porcelain shattering, and the clear, sharp sounds of weapons clashing and hidden weapons whistling through the air came in rapid succession.
Clang! Clang! Swoosh!
Interspersed throughout were the Tang sisters' crisp, angry shouts and Ye Chen's furious, blustering roar.
"presumptuous!"
"court death!"
"Tang Clan hidden weapon, try this!"
The battle sounded exceptionally fierce and quite commotion. It seems the Tang sisters, along with Fang Mengru, the matriarch whom Ye Chen had so audaciously set his sights on, are no pushovers. The Tang Clan's methods should be more than sufficient to deal with this fledgling Dragon King.
The fighting continued for several minutes, then gradually subsided, finally ending in a brief silence.
Immediately afterward, Ye Chen's roar, filled with resentment and extreme unwillingness, like the howl of a defeated dog, carried from afar, his voice revealing weakness and wretchedness.
"The Tang family! You just wait!"
"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river! Never underestimate a young man's potential!"
"I, Ye Chen, will repay this humiliation a hundredfold in the future! I will definitely return to avenge myself!"
The sound grew fainter and fainter, clearly indicating that the creature had suffered a great loss and was fleeing in a sorry state with its tail between its legs.
Qin Xiao curled his lips slightly, slowly picked up the teacup beside him, and took a small sip. The tea in the cup was still warm, slightly astringent at first, but with a sweet aftertaste.
"Heh, 'Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river'... Can't you come up with something fresh in your lines? It's always the same, you're not tired of it, but I'm tired of hearing it."
The Dragon King's exit declaration is truly timeless and a classic that will live on forever. Unfortunately, using it in a situation where he's been beaten and is running away in fear only makes it seem ridiculous and laughable.
Not long after, the door to the side hall was pushed open again.
Tang Manshuang and Tang Manbing walked in side by side. Their faces were flushed from the battle, their breathing was slightly rapid, and their hair was a little messy, but their eyes sparkled with excitement and satisfaction.
"Brother Qin Xiao! It's alright! We chased that annoying guy away! We came to get you, let's go eat together!"
Tang Manshuang spoke first, her tone light and cheerful, like a kitten that had won a fight, its tail practically wagging in the air, with a hint of boasting.
Qin Xiao put down his teacup, a perfectly measured look of curiosity on his face, and asked in response.
"What just happened? It sounded like quite a commotion."
The mere mention of this made Tang Manshuang instantly react like a firecracker with its fuse lit; her little face puffed up in anger, her cheeks bulging out.
"Don't even mention it! Just now, some guy with a really disgusting smile and shifty eyes came over. I don't know where he got his hands on that tattered piece of paper, but he insisted on having a marriage agreement with us! He said it was a betrothal from childhood!"
"A toad trying to eat swan meat! Dream on! He actually wants both my sister and me to marry him! Who does he think he is? What's even more infuriating is that after we rejected him, he actually dared to make a move on my mother! Saying he wants to marry her! It's utterly delusional and shameless!"
"This is infuriating!"
The little girl became more and more excited as she spoke, waving her little fists and gesturing in the air, as if she wanted to beat Ye Chen up again.
"We couldn't stand by and watch, so Mom and I teamed up. First, we shot him with silver needles laced with anesthetic, and then we beat him out of there! Humph! Let him know that the Tang family isn't easy to bully!"
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